riposte
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It’s also unfailingly optimistic and fun, a sunny riposte to the feeling of distance and loss that permeated “We Will Always Love You.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
A lot of dyed-in-the-wool activists were turned off by the flippancy of AOC’s riposte, and even with my own recent grappling over the problematic emotional landscape of the movement, I can understand why.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Sir Keir delivered a near-3,000 word riposte to Sir Tony on Thursday, in which he said he had made the right policy choices given the backdrop he inherited.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Damodaran wrote a riposte to the Citrini Research paper published last week that was the subject of much scrutiny and controversy.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
There his words went unbroadcasted and almost unnoticed, until AEC commissioner Willard Libby issued a public riposte that served chiefly to bring Schweitzer’s statement to Americans’ attention despite the blackout.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
If Violet Crawley seasoned her ripostes with a sense of knowing that comes from having broken a few rules herself – confirmed in the second “Downton” movie, by the way – that explained her charm.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
Behind the clever ripostes was a mind on the rack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
The courtroom sequence transcends what we’ve been trained to expect, the dramatic reveals, ripostes and objections.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Greer’s wordplay is glorious: He drop-shots puns and ripostes, firing up his prose.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
As for his blows, they fell upon air, for the lad was ever out of reach before the ripostes came.
From Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower by Ralph Peacock
Confronted by what the authors call “unrelenting brutality,” when given the chance—for example, after the British riposted in the South from late 1778—this beleaguered minority readily retaliated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
He said a cocky Perce riposted to Shackleton: "I think the crew would get more meat from you Sir!"
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2022
Nonsense, riposted geologist Hugh Miller: only feeble poets are put off by knowledge.
From Nature ● Jul. 5, 2012
“Yes, my client is a reflexologist,” riposted Tron’s lawyer, Olivier Schnerb.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2011
His opponent with a desperate promptitude parried and riposted; the parry only just succeeded, the riposte failed.
From The Ball and the Cross by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Other times, you’ll see her riposting a man named @JrGoob.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
"And it's my business to give a clip 'side o' the 'ed," said Jones, riposting.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Richard Bird
She turned this off by riposting lightly, "How much is it safe to trust anybody?"
From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield
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